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A PRATT: Weather Strip. No.'233 ,277. Patented Oct. 12,1880.

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AMOS PRATT, OF GENEVA, NEBRASKA.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 233,277, dated October12, 1880. Application filed August 21, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMOS PRATT, of Geneva, in the county of Fillmore andState of Nebraska, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inWeather-Strips; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a perspective View ofthis invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, showing the door open.Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, showing the door closed. Fig. 4 is aninside view of the bottom of the door and its frame, and Fig. 5 is abottom view of the door and its outer strip.

This invention has relation to means for preventing water and snow fromdriving through between the edges of a door and its way during a storm;and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement, incombination with a sill-piece or carpet-strip having beveled outlets atits ends and a faceplate thereon, of notched jamb-stops having groovesin their inner edges, a door having grooves in its side edges, an innerplate extending below its lower edge, and an outer projecting striphaving parallel grooves in its under side, all as hereinafter shown anddescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the sill-piece orcarpet-strip, which is put down in a water-tight manner upon thedoor-sill. This sill-piece is cutaway at each end to form a beveledoutlet, 12, against the jamb, and is faced on top by a metallic plate,a, of the exact width of the strip A, this plate being notched at eachend to fit the margins of the outlets b, as shown at c.

The jamb-stops B are notched at d in their lower edges opposite thebeveled outlets b of the sill-strip, so as to guard said outlets andform angular prolongations thereof.

In the inner edges of the jamb-stops are formed vertical grooves e,which lead downward to the notches cl, which are ofcorrespondingheighttothesill-strip. Thesenotches extend the outlets awayfrom the edges of the door, and the stops in which they are made formguards to prevent the water or snow from driving directly into theoutlets.

In the side edges of the door 0 are made vertical grooves g, whichextend downward to the lower edge of the door and open into the outletsb at the ends of the sill-piece. On the lower edge of the door is nailedor bolted a projectingstrip, D, which is made with a longitudinalgroove, h, in its under side, extending to the end of the strip andopening into the notches d of the jamb-stops. In front of this groove insaid strip is also made a guard-groove, h, parallel to the inner groove,and extending to the ends of the strip in like manner.

On the inside of the door, at its lower edge, is bolted a foot-plate, E,which extends a little beyond each side edge of the door and below itslower edge a distance corresponding to the thickness of the face-plateon the sill-strip, against the edge of which it is designed to closeneatly.

These devices are designed to act in support of each other in keepingout water and snow, and to serve their purpose very effectually. Theunder grooves of the foot-strip carry the water each way to the outlets,and the grooves of the jamb-stops conduct it ver tically downward.

In heavy storms, should the water drive into the side edges of the door,the vertical grooves thereof will conduct it downward to theoutlet-notches at the ends of the sill-strip, and finally the foot-plateon the inside of the door, which is in close contact with the face-plateof the sill-piece, will serve as a guard, preventing draft between theunder edge of the door and the face-plate.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with a sill-piece, A, having beveled outlets b at itsends, and the notched plated fitting thereon, of the jambstops B, havingthe outlet-notches d at their lower ends and inside edge-grooves e, theedge-grooved door, its projecting outer strip, D, having parallelgrooves h h in its under side leading to the outlet-notches, and theback plate, E, extending beyond the lower edge of the door and engagingthe inner edge of the face-plate a, as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses ERNEsT GABRIEL, WALTER V. FIFIELD.

AMOS PRATT.

